A Prayer (II): O Lord, Our Lord
When I look at thy heavens, the work of thy
fingers,
the moon and the stars which thou hast established
Man that is born of a woman is of few days,
and full of trouble.
What is man that thou art mindful of him,
and
the son of man that thou dost care for him?
He comes forth like a flower, and withers;
he flees like a shadow, and
continues not.
Yet thou hast made him little less than God,
and dost crown him with glory and honor.
And dost thou open thy eyes upon such a one and
bring him into judgment with thee?
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
Thou hast given him dominion over the works of
thy hands;
thou hast put all things under his feet,
Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with
thee,
and thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass,
all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the
field, the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea.
look away from him, and desist,
that he may enjoy, like a hireling, his
day.
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is thy name in
all the earth!
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